Soul Train
Tribute to Aretha Franklin
TV Flash files “Tribute to Aretha Franklin” as hour 314 of 1134 in the TV Flash guide — Soul Train (1971–2006) on Syndicated, season 9, episode 12, aired 1979-12-01, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E12: listed hour 314 of 1134 in the Soul Train guide, hour 12 of 32 in season 9. It aired 1979-12-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Whispers/ Vernon Butch” (S09E11). Next is “Johnnie Taylor/ Lakeside” (S09E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Opening theme ("Soul Train '78" by the Hollywood Disco Jazz Band) NOTE: All songs performed by Aretha Franklin 1st Song, on record, Dancers "Think" (1968) 2nd Song, on record, Dancers "You Send Me" (1968) Scrambleboard (ARETHA FRANKLIN): "Ladies Only" Performance: "I Was Made for You" (duet with Eric Robinson) 3rd Song, on record, Dancers: "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" (1973) Choreographed Dance Spotlight: "Rock Steady" (1971) Midpoint song: "Day Dreaming" (1972) Don Cornelius with Aretha Franklin at the piano playing "Mary, Don't You Weep" (1972) Smokey Robinson joins Aretha for a duet on "Ooh, Baby Baby". 4th Song, on record, Dancers: "Don't Play That Song" (1970) 5th Song, on record, Dancers: "Something He Can Feel" (1976) Soul Train Line Song: "Respect" (1967) Performance: "It's Gonna Get a Bit Better" Closing credits
Viewer FAQ
Where does Tribute to Aretha Franklin sit in the Soul Train guide?
S09E12 is listed hour 314 of 1134 — hour 12 of 32 in season 9, season 9 episode 12.
When did Soul Train S09E12 air?
Tribute to Aretha Franklin aired 1979-12-01 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch from 1971 in order?
No. It is a music-and-dance series, not a plot. Sample eras for the guests and the Line; Cornelius's classic hosting years are the brand center.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Don Cornelius promises the hippest trip in America and delivers the national dance party corporate TV had under-served: guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous. Syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as the rope.
Chicago, 1971: Don Cornelius promises a hip trip across America and delivers the most important dance party in television history, then keeps delivering it until 2006. Soul Train began locally, went to national syndication, and ran thirty-five seasons, more than a thousand hours, putting Black music, fashion, and the Soul Train Line into living rooms corporate television had long under-served. Artists performed. Dancers — including scrambleboard kids who became famous — moved the culture forward. Cornelius…
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- Don Cornelius as Host
Don Cornelius promised the hippest trip in America on Soul Train — guests, fashion, the Line, scrambleboard kids who became famous, syndicated Black music television as cultural archive from 1971 deep into the 2000s. Velvet baritone as a…